Sandy Hook families get the go ahead to sue gunmaker Remington
The Connecticut court decision ‘threatens to unleash a flood of lawsuits nationwide’, says Remington
12 November 2019 - 19:00
The US supreme court has dealt a blow to the gun industry, refusing to block a lawsuit against Remington Arms by family members of nine people killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
The lawsuit blames the gunmaker’s marketing practices for inspiring the killer, Adam Lanza, who used a Remington-made Bushmaster XM15 military-style rifle while killing 26 people at the Connecticut school, 20 of them first-grade children (six to seven years old)...
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